Accession No

1530

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, binocular, by Ernst Leitz, German, 1930 (c)

Origin

Germany; Wetzlar

Maker

Ernst Leitz

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1930

Latest Date

1930

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel); glass; wood

Dimensions

height 345mm; depth 205mm; breadth 155mm; box height 500mm; depth 250mm; breadth 246mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge in 09/1971.

Inscription

‘Ernst Leitz
Wetzlar’

Description Notes

Achromatic compound microscope, binocular, by Ernst Leitz, German, 1930 (c).

Black finish; horseshoe stand; column to hinge with steel bar clamp; circular rotating stage with mechanical detachable stage signed ‘Ernst Leitz Wetzlar’; brass dovetailed shoe for racked substage; fitted with condenser and iris diaphragm; signed ‘OGILVY & CO MAKERS. LONDON W 1’.
Pivoted arm carries plano/concave mirror.
Arched limb; coarse and fine focus screws; adjustable binocular body with knurled screw 55-75; push fit eye pieces. One with individual knurled ring focus; triple nose piece width 3 objectives all by Leitz and marked ‘PATH UNIV.CAMB.’
Fitted wooden case with trays for accessories - none extant.

Also - John Browning micrometer, in instrument’s box.

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